Category Archives: Europe This past Saturday, I went to France again to visit an old friend. Richard and I met over four years ago during the trek I did in Nepal to bring a volunteer to her placement in Mude (see “Finding Mude” October 4th, 2007 blog entry). There is actually a picture of Richard, the tall blonde […] I learned about two very interesting tourist scams that, once you know about them, are noticeably rampant all over Paris. Besides the obvious interest-factor, I am blogging about this for those who may happen on my blog before a trip to Paris. Tourists beware! 1) A person pretending to be blind or deaf will walk […]  This past Sunday, I had the opportunity to go to Paris for 3 nights. It was a quick trip, but I decided to take advantage of it because I wanted to visit a few friends and see the sights of a city that I’m embarassed not to have seen yet! And boy did I see […]  Every day I mean to write. But every day I’m too busy discovering London to sit at home and write about it! Unfortunately, though, it means that a lot of the little details that I thought of at the time, I no longer remember…. Shucks. Oh well, I’ll do my best. I’ve been BUSY!! I […]  I’ve never really wanted to go to London. It was never on my list, I was never curious about it, and I wasn’t even that excited to be here for a month. Boy was I wrong. From the moment that I hopped into a cab and watched the London-world go by, I knew I was […] |
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